Experts at AXA Mansard Sustainability webinar have said that sustainable business practices are ways to reduce -cost, protect the environment and increase profitability as businesses face increasing operating costs.
A statement said the sustainability webinar was a part of the week-long AXA Week for Good event, a week meant to commemorate AXA’s international volunteering programme called ‘AXA Hearts in Action’.
Commenting on the initiative, the Chief Clients Officer, AXA Mansard, Rashidat Adebisi, said, “As a leader in the global insurance space, we challenge ourselves to always be in the frontline of creating initiatives that solves problems.
“This is in line with our purpose which is to act for human progress by protecting what matters, thus, this value-adding webinar was organised as part of the AXA Week for Good to engender co-creation of ideas to address a pressing problem that impacts all of us today.”
Adebisi assured of AXA’s collective responsibility to manage the impact on the environment by reducing resource use and promoting climate change awareness throughout the world.
According to the statement, AXA said it strove to play a positive role in the society by building a culture that would promote sustainability and employee volunteering to support communities in countries where AXA operated.
The webinar, themed ‘Reducing business costs with sustainability programmes’ focused on several types of sustainability initiatives that could be embarked on to reduce business costs and achieve a sustainable environment for everyone to live in.
The Founder of Greenhill Recycling, Mrs Mariam Lawani, said, “Every business must decide on a course of action that benefits customers as well as the enterprise.
“Businesses must take responsibility for their actions and start prioritising environmental advancement above profits. Our collective future is significantly influenced by the behaviour of current enterprises.
“All industries will need to implement structural reforms and reinvest in the society in order to achieve the target SDGs by 2030.”
The company said the AXA Week for Good initiative would create an occasion for not just its employees, but the entire society to learn more about the impact of waste on the environment and how to prevent, re-use and recycle waste whenever possible.
